Tag: Lukas Dhont

  • Healing from Pain and Grief in Lukas Dhont’s Close

    Healing from Pain and Grief in Lukas Dhont’s Close

    Warning: This feature discusses major plot details for Lukas Dhont’s Close and Florian Zeller’s The Son and has mentions of suicide and self-harm.  There’s never a feeling more gut-wrenching than as a kid or a teenager when your best friend doesn’t want to hang out with you anymore. There’s no legitimate explanation for it. One…

  • REVIEW: Close

    REVIEW: Close

    (spoiler free) Friendship can be tough, but for the inseparable Rémi (Gustav de Waele) and Léo (Eden Dambrine) it seems like the most effortless thing in the world. After spending an idyllic summer in each other’s unceasing company, the boys must embark on the next stage of their education as they start high school together.…